Credit: Newsdesk, Medicine Hat News. Published February 19, 2025. SafeLink Alberta Medicine Hat has partnered with the Miywasin Friendship Centre to host a drumming circle next Wednesday. The event is free and all residents are …
In The News: Sexually transmitted infections clinic coming Feb. 27
Credit: Nadia Moharib, Mount Royal University. Published February 6, 2025 If you’re getting the lovin’ without proper protection, you risk adding an unwanted partner to your life. And you might not even know it. On …
In The News: SafeLink provides tips for needles found in melting snow
Credit: Newsdesk, Medicine Hat News. Published January 15, 2025. The local chapter of SafeLink Alberta has provided residents five tips if they discover drug paraphernalia on city streets or parks when weather conditions lead to …
In the News: ‘World AIDS Day’ recognizes stigma, those still affected by disease
Credit: Jayk Sterkenburg, CHAT News. Published Nov 28, 2024. This Sunday will mark World AIDS Day, a global movement to unite people in the fight against the sexually transmitted diseases. Thirty-five million lives have been lost in …
In the News: HIV cases on the rise in Alberta
Credit: Hiba Kamal-Choufi, CityNews Edmonton. Originally published October 21st 2024. HIV cases in Alberta are rising at a shocking rate, according to a new Alberta Health report. The report shows a 73 per cent increase …
In the News: Alberta reports record increase of HIV cases
Credit: Brett McKay, St. Albert Gazette. Published Oct 18, 2024. Alberta reported a record number of new HIV infections in 2023, and doctors says the surge in cases has had unexpected impacts on HIV programs …
SafeLink Alberta Expresses Concern Over Ontario Superior Court’s Ruling on CASWLR v Attorney General (Canada)
As an active member of the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform (CASWLR), SafeLink Alberta is disheartened by the outcome of the recent Ontario Superior Court decision in the case of Canadian Alliance for …
In the News: Hatters honour those lost at Overdose Awareness event
Credit: Samantha Johnson, Medicine Hat News. Published September 2, 2023. The Medicine Hat Drug Coalition held its Overdose Awareness Day event in the library courtyard on Thursday evening, its sixth year honouring the day in …
SafeLink Alberta Advocates for Harm Reduction as New Data Reveals Record-High Drug Poisonings
As a leading organization dedicated to reducing the harms associated with sexual activity and substance use, SafeLink Alberta emphasizes the importance of harm reduction in response to the recent release of the substance use surveillance …
SafeLink Alberta Responds to Involuntary Treatments
Calgary, Alberta, April 19, 2023 – With legislation being considered that would place individuals who use substances into treatment without consent, SafeLink Alberta advocates for a human-rights based approach that would support individuals as people …